Rhetorical Analysis of "Shame" by Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory in his essay “Shame” clearly shows that poverty brings forth many hardships as well as a great deal of shame. Gregory, shows the hardships he faces by appealing to the reader's emotions, showing a strong sense of imagery, and a using a figurative word choice. Gregory, by descriptively showing what he had to go through everyday to impress a young lady named Helene Tucker, tugs on the strings of the reader's heart. Gregory in paragraph 1 lines 2-14 states “ I was in love with Helene Tucker… I went to school mostly to look at her… if the pipes were frozen I would run over to Mr. Ben’s store and stick my pot into the soda machine and wait for the ice to melt so I can wash my shirt… I would wear that shirt wet or dry because it was the only shirt I had.” These lines are quite emotional in the sense that many people cannot imagine how hard it must be to live the way Gregory lived. Gregory is seen getting sick in the winter just to explain Helene Tucker. Gregory in ...